To emphasize the gravity of the crime committed by police Senior Master Sergeant Jonel Nuezca, former speaker and Davao del Norte Rep.
Pantaleon Alvarez suggested that he should suffer a more painful way of death – burn him alive.Alvarez confirmed to Manila Bulletin Tuesday night that he had indeed declared that he wanted the double murder suspect cremated alive.
Before its abolition, the death penalty was carried out through lethal injection which its proponents considered to be a “more humane” manner of putting a convict to death than the electric chair. Despite declaring strong condemnation on crimes such as the one committed by Nuezca, Makabayan lawmakers remained furiously opposed against the restoration of the death penalty.
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